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A flowing in or upon; influx. [Obs.] God hath his influence into the very essence of all things. Hooker.

tion of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.

atefulness. Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend. Shak. Ingratitude is abhorred both by God and man. L'Estrange.

thing; a deed of injustice o Milton. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. Is. lix. 2.

very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther. Gray. Innate ideas (Metaph.), ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge.

ionize. [Archaic] Burton. From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. South.

to the proper means of knoledge; to make examination. And inquire Gladly into the ways of God with man. Miltom.

cate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. 2 Tim. iii. 16. The age which we now live in is not an age of inspiration and impulses. Sharp. Plenary inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message. -- Ver…

Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. Hooker.

any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions. God is in every creature; be cruel toward none, neither abuse any by intemperance. Jer. Taylor. Some, as thou sawest, by violent stroke shall die, By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more In meats and drinks. Milton.…

Intention; design; purpose. The intendment of God and nature. Jer. Taylor.

o stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris. God will shortly intercept your breath. Joye.

gion, etc. In consequence of that intercommunity of paganism . . . one nation adopted the gods of another. Bp. Warburton.

ur native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. Dryden. A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. Addison.

To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.

Intrinsic; inherent; real. [R.] The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight of God. Rogers.

ge to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech. Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matt. i. 23. And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. Gen. xli. 8.

An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.

To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore. If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. Milton.

The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods. Shak.